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permanent trees on one side of the road should be set opposite 

 the spaces on the opposite side. This will allow more room for 

 the spreading tops and at the same time avoid the appearance oi 

 formality. Where the roads are narrow and where the trees must 

 be planted within the highway limits^ it is well to avoid the 

 larger-growing species. 



THE USE OF TREES AROUND THE HOME 



The Location of the Home — It is remarkable that so many 

 country residences are located on the hill-tops, fully exposed to the 

 cold winter winds. Such locations usually are not only unattractive, 

 but are decidedly inconvenient. It is true that the higher ele- 

 vations offer better views of the landscape, but, as Mr. Manning 

 has remarked, "One soon tires of a fine view, if it is secured at the 

 expense of a daily climb up a long hill." It would seem more 

 desirable to select for the residence a less elevated site and reserve 

 the hill-top for an occasional view of the distant landscape. More 

 pleasing planting effects also may be produced on a gently sloping 

 hill-side. The matter of convenience is of greatest importance and^ 

 of course, should be given precedence over esthetic considerations. 



Adaptation — ^ Volumes may be written on the subject of rural 

 adaptation. The present discussion, however, must be limited to 

 that phase which relates to trees. It is hard, however, to refrain from 

 expressing disapproval of the type of residence usually found in 

 the rural districts of America. Too many of them give the im- 

 pression that they have been lifted from the crowded city block 

 and accidentally dropped in the country. The modest frame or 

 stone cottage with its low sloping roof and graceful dormer win- 

 dows seems decidedly more pleasing and appropriate than the 

 erect red brick house with its white mortar, its bright colored 

 trimmings, and its painfully-symetric outline. While good plant- 

 ing will go a long way toward covering up deficiencies in the 

 make-up of the house, the best results can be attained only when 

 the building harmonizes with the surroundings. 



Oftentimes there is just as much lack of harmony in the choice 

 of species and the planting arrangement as in the stiff and formal 

 dwelling house. The formal style as applied to landscape art 

 seems entirely out of place "amid the green fields, and beside 

 the wanton gracefulness of luxuriant nature." In the past there 

 has been a great tendency to follow European styles and to use 



